Festival Of The Girls School.

sent up from the different Provinces , fuller details of the Stewards' work being given on tho next page : Province . Stewards . Amount . £ s . d . West Yorkshire ... ... 11 First announcement 210 0 0

George Heaton Memorial 1260 0 0 1470 0 0 Middlesex ... ... ... 8 506 11 0 Surrey ... ... ... 6 163 17 6 Hertfordshire ... ... 5 161 10 6 Staffordshire ... ... 7 131 5 0 East Lancashire ... ... 6 104 4 0

Berkshire ... ... ... 3 101 17 0 Hants and Isle of Wight ... 5 84 0 0 Gloucestershire ... ... 4 78 15 0 North and East Yorkshire ... 4 78 15 0 Sussex ... ... ' ... 4 73 10 0 Wiltshire ... ... 1 71 1 0

Worcestershire ... ... 1 68 5 0 Oxfordshire ... ... 3 65 14 6 Durham ... ... ... 1 57 15 0 Devon ... ... ... 2 53 7 0 Norths and Hunts ... ... 2 52 10 0 Cornwall ... ... 3 43 1 0

Cambridgeshire ... ... 2 42 0 0 Warwickshire ... ... 1 42 0 0 Shropshire ... ... 1 36 15 0 Derbyshire ... ... 4 31 10 0 Buckinghamshire ... ... 5 23 2 0 Kent ... ... 1 21 0 0 West Lancashire ... ... 2 21 0 0

Cheshire ... ... 1 15 15 0 Dorsetshire ... ... 1 10 10 0 Essex ... ... 2 10 10 0 North Wales ... ... 1 10 10 0 Suffolk ... ... 1 10 10 0 Guernsey and Alderney ... 1 10 10 0 Madras ... ... 1 10 10 0 London ... ... 122 5850 8 O

Prize Day At The School.

PRIZE DAY AT THE SCHOOL .

IjlAVOURED by splendid weather tho large number of ladies and Brethren ' who assembled on Monday at the Schools , at Battersea Rise , must havo been delighted with all they saw and heard . Tbe occasion vvas the

annual distribution of prizes to the pupils , and visitation of tho Stewards of the year , and although the number of Brethren who were working in the latter capacity vvas very small compared with previous years , yet there was no lack of visitors on this occasion , the company probably numbering upwards of five hundred .

Lady Hanson kindly undertook the distribution of the prizes , being accompanied by Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . Patron and Treasurer of the Institution , and their daughter Miss Violet Hanson , the latter of whom replied , on her mother's behalf , to a vote of thanks enthusiastically carried after the prizes had been presented , on the proposition of Sir John Monckton . In doing so , Miss Hanson said her mother had deputed

her to say what a very great pleasure it had beer , to her to pay a visit to . the Institution . Personally , she ( Miss Hanson ) had known the Institution for a long time , had visited it many times , had been connected with it . and knew some of the girls . It had always been a regret to her that a lady could not he a Freemason , because if ladies were Freemasons they would take a great ; interest in the various Masonic Institutions . However , as ladies could not be

Masons , the best thing they could do was to interest themselves in Masonic good works . If all Masons were to take their wives and daughters to see that admirable Institution , and tbe other Institutions , she was sure those wives and daughters would become governors , and so advance the interests of the School . Miss Hanson concluded by wishing " Health and Prosperity to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . "

It was announced by Sir John Monckton Chairman of the House Committee for the day , that Constance Green , the last Gold Medallist , had obtained the second place on a list of 357 candidates in the recent Civil Service Examination , a statement that was loudly applauded .

The programme arranged for the occasion was excellently carried out by the pupils , who evidenced the same careful training as has so long been a marked feature with the children cared for in this excellent Masonic Institution . The following is a list of the prize winners :

PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . Gold Medal for Proficiency ( with £ 5 by the late Brother William Winn ) Eleanor Groombridge . Silver Medal for Good Conduct ( with £ 5 by the late Bro . Wm . Winn)—Ethel Davis .

Cambridge Local Examinations ( 37 entered , 31 passed . ) Senior . —Constance Green . Class II . Honours . Distinction in English . ( With £ 5 by Bro . D . P . Cama)—Eleanor Groombridge . Junior . —Agnes Anthony , Gladys Jones , Ethel Issard . Class III , 'Honours . Dorothy Dean . Preliminary . —Catherine Castle . Class III . Honours .

College of Preceptors' Examination ( 37 entered , all passed . )—Agnes Robinson Ella Thompson . Junior Forms . —Doreen Cox . Civil Service Class . —Edith Wilson .

Prize Day At The School.

Proficiency in- Lower Classes . —3 rd Doris Engle , 4 th Dorothea Roberts , 5 th Ida Davey and Mabel Abbott-Smith , 6 lh Christina Day . Needlework . —Elsie Kilpin , Alice Cash , Mary Maslen , Mary Jowett .

PRESENTED BY FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTION . Religious Knowledge . ( Bro . Robert Grey)—Ethel Kemp , Agnes Robinson , Edith Lloyd . English Subjects . ( Bro . A . C . Spaull)— Constance Green . Arithmetic and Mathematics . ( Bro . Thomas Fenn)—Ethel Issard , Catherine

Castle . Mental Arithmetic . ( Bro . G . W . Kentish)—Agnes Anthony , Gladys Jones , Marion Taylor . Music—First Prize . ( Bro . J . H . Matthews)—Jessie Richards ( Senior Associated Board of Music ) . Music—Second Prizes . ( The ' Wentworth Little " )—Gladys Jones ( Senior

A . B . M . ) , Clare Wettam , Violet White , Elsie Kilpin ( Junior A . B . M . ) . Music—Third Prizes . Daisy Potter , Rosalie Sherman ( Honours in Prelimi nary A . B . M . ) . Singing . ( Mrs . Robert Brown)—Esther Roberts . French . ( Bro . Eugene Mouteuuis )—Rose Davies . French—Special Prize . ( Bro . Oscar Philippe)—Ethel Issard .

Drawing . ( Tho "John Boyd" ) —Dorothy Dean , Jessie Richards , Muriel Cranfield , Muriel Capo . Shorthand and Type-Writing . ( Bro . R . Loveland Loveland)—Hetty Arkell . Writing . ( The Misses Tobias)—Maude Wallden , Gladys Harding . Drawing—Special Prize . ( Mrs . Henry A . Hunt)—Marjorie Pavey . Good Conduct—First Prize . ( Tha Supreme Council 33 ° ) —Eleanor Blott .

Good Conduct—Second Prizes . ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Rose Davies , Ina Crowther , Grace Dodd . The Best Prefect . ( Bro . E . Letchworth)—Selina Booth . Order and Attention . ( Bro . Ralph Glutton)—Jessie Hicks , Hetty Arkell , Noel Piatt . Cookery—First Prizes . ( Bro . Henry A . Hunt )—Louie Smith , Dorothea

Gillbee . Cookery—Second Prizes . ( Mrs . Homewood Crawford)—Alice Wakefield , Alice Cash . Usefulness in Domestic Duties . ( The " \" ates , " St . James Lodge , No . 842)—Emily Gardner , Clara Jacobs .

Calisthenics and Deportment . ( Bro . Col . James Peters)—Selina Booth . Swimming . ( Lady Monckton)—Ethel Goldring , Ethel Davis , Grace Abbott . Swimming—Special Prize . ( Bro . Sir John Monckton)—Violet White . Amiability —( Selected by her Schoolfellows ) . ( Bro . John Faulkner)—Grace Abbott .

JUNIOR SCHOOL . General Proficiency . ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Victoria Griffits . Arithmetic . ( The " Henry Levander " )—Margaret Callander . N . B . —No Girl , however meritorious , can take more than three Prizes , but- this rule does not apply to Gold or Silver Medals , or the Cambridge Local or College of Preceptors' Examinations .

Church Services.

CHURCH SERVICES .

T | > HE Commemoration Service in support of the Centenary _ 1 _ Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , arranged for Sunday last , at St . Martin ' s Church , Trafalgar Square , was a great success . Our report of the proceedings and the sermon preached by the Arclideacon of jUondon are unavoidably held over until next week .

IN commemoration of the year of office as Grand Chaplain of the Very Rev . S . Reynolds Hole , Dean of Rochester , and his fifty-sixth year as a Freemason , a Masonic service on an imposing scale will be held at four p . m . on Saturday , 25 th June next , in Rochester Cathedral , with a view to its further

restoration , a work very near the Dean ' s heart . The service will be short , and orcnestral music a feature , the massed string bands of the Royal Engineers and Royal Marines , Chatham , having been ' secured under the baton of a distinguished Mason . Earl Amherst Deputy Grand Master ,

and a large number of other Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Officers have signified their intention of being present , and it is hoped that the Pro Grand Master the Earl of Lathom will be able to attend . The ceremonial

arrangements are under the superintendence of Bro . Thomas Fenn Acting Grand Director of Ceremonies . All applications for tickets should be made to the Hon . Secretary Major Hope Willis , R . M . Barracks , Chatham .

The Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , fixed for 10 th June next , at the Royal Albert Hall , will be held at 7 . 30 for 8 p . m . o o o Application for tickets and all communications in regard

to the distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Boys School , by H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , at the Royal Albert Hall , on the 7 th June , should be addressed to J . M . McLeod , c / o Stanley J . Attenborough , Esq ., 18 Piccadilly , London , W .